Exhibition blends art and health

The room was rife with colour, and the air alive with music as 15 local artists displayed their artwork as part of Yamaji Art’s latest exhibition.

The Art Particle opened to the public last week at St John of God Hospital, where almost half of the 32 artworks were dotted with a red sticker — signifying the artwork had already been sold.

Over the past few years Yamaji Art has been working with scientists and astronomers, sharing stories about the night sky.

Last year the local artists teamed up with Aboriginal artists from South Africa to produce the Shared Skies exhibition.

Expanding on this concept, The Art Particle turned the attention from the stars and heavens to the universe within, by swapping a telescope for a microscope.

Artists, art lovers, patients and hospital staff alike admired the works which hung prominently in the hallway of the main entrance, as Vince Jones and Craig Pickett took turns in strumming chords softly in the background.

Yamaji Art manager Paige Finci said the exhibition was a visual exploration of the elements, design and structure of health and healing, blending modern science with traditional Yamaji stories.

“The exhibition seeks to begin a creative exploration, zooming in closer to us as people and how we heal ourselves and what we think about our health and healing, and our environment. This exhibition also opens us to creative design and structures that build us and our environment to extend our art in design and storytelling,” she said.

The Art Particle will be open to the public until the end of December.